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CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire), the world's largest particle physics laboratory, situated on the border between France and Switzerland, just west of Geneva. It is also known for being the birthplace of the World Wide Web. The convention establishing it was signed on September 29, 1954. From the original 12 signatories of the CERN convention, membership has grown to the present 20 Member States.

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Introduction
The acronym
The accelerator complex
Scientific Achievements
The accelerator of the future: the LHC
Decommissioned accelerators
CERN sites
Computer Science and CERN
Member States
Public exhibits
Footnote
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